Back in the early 1980s I had hunted with some culls that either couldn't run a track and wouldn't stick with one...then I tried buying some mt curs and they were way to small and then some breeder ripped me off and sold me a truck load of culls...went all the way to MISS. to get screwed...
I reckon I should have known they were culls when he wasn't there to make a deal...he had an emergency and had to leave town...so that is what his friends told me...anyway they didn't have any dogs I liked in that kennel...That was the time I decided to find a good line and make it better and believe me I was very pleased with all the pups I kept from that time forward...
So getting screwed around was one reason...and too many sorry dogs out there was another...and my logic told me that great dogs weren't for sale so that right there drove me to spend the money and time in creating my own...
back then I worked 12 hr shifts so I was off quite a bit so I had plenty of time to hunt and test my dogs and pups so that I could make my best selections for hunting and breeding...
bottom line...I was pretty happy with my old line of dogs...I have dogs now that they should produce hunting dogs but probably not have the consistency that I would like to have until the next few generations...
but before I totally committed to the mt cur I ran a pure Airedale pack then I slowly brought in a mt cur and then I finally gave up on the Airedale and made the switch...
